Mammary epithelial transplant procedure

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 40, 2010, Pages

  Dunphy, Karen A ^a,b   Tao, Luwei ^a   Joseph Jerry, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular biology; Cleared fat pad; Epithelium; Issue 40; Mammary; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355140656     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1849     Document Type: Article

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